Medicine container

A medicine container comprising:

• (a) a dissolving liquid container having an opening seal portion at an upper end thereof,
• (b) an outer tube removably hermetically joined and secured to the opening seal portion of the dissolving liquid container so as to extend upward from the opening seal portion concentrically therewith,
• (c) a double-ended needle fitted in the outer tube and slidable upward and downward, the needle fitted to be held in an upper position above the opening seal portion and movable from the upper position to a lower position to pierce the seal portion for use,
• (d) an inner tube slidably fitted in the outer tube through an open upper end thereof and fitted to be held in a first joined position of shallow fit, the inner tube being movable from the first joined position to a second joined position of deep fit for use,
• (e) a medicine-containing vial removably fixed in an inverted state in the inner tube with an opening seal portion of the vial directed downward, the vial being positioned above the needle in the upper position when the inner tube is in the first joined position and movable with the movement of the inner tube to a position where the opening seal portion of the vial is pierced by the needle in the lower position when the inner tube moves to the second joined position,
• (f) restraining means provided in a joint between the outer tube and the inner tube for restraining the inner tube in the first joined position relative to the outer tube and releasing the inner tube from the restrained position for use in the second joined position, and
• (g) a seal ring provided in the joint between the outer tube and the inner tube for holding the joint hermetic.